Method
Step 1:
Grease and line a 20 or 23 cm (8-9") round , spring form cake tin and line the base with baking parchment.
Step 2:
Place the nuts and biscuits in a food processor and process until they are form fine crumbs. Add the melted butter and mix well. Place in the cake tin and press down well. Chill in the fridge for at least 30 mins.
Step 3:
Place the cream and chocolate into a small pan and heat very gently, stirring continuously until the chocolate has melted.
Step 4:
Place the gelatine in a bowl of cold water and leave for 5 mins until softened. Remove the gelatine, shaking off the water, and add to the cream and white chocolate. Stir until dissolved.
Step 5:
Whisk the cream cheese and mascarpone until smooth, then whisk in the chocolate mixture until smooth.
Step 6:
Hull and roughly chop 200g of the strawberries and stir into the cream cheese mixture. Pour into the cake tin and leave to set for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Step 7:
To decorate, push 100g of the strawberries through a sieve into a small pan. Add the strawberry jam and heat for 2-3 minutes to make a smooth sauce. Allow to cool.
Step 8:
Use a potato peeler to shave off small curls of white chocolate.
Step 9:
Run a knife around the cheesecake if necessary, then remove the sides and base of the tin. Top with strawberries, chocolate curls and just before serving drizzle with the strawberry sauce.
Ingredients
For the base
- 100g Nuts (mixed, chopped)
- 85g Butter (unsalted) (melted)
For the topping
- 150ml Double cream
- 250g White chocolate
- 3 Gelatine leaves (sheets)
- 300g Cream cheese (full fat)
- 250g Mascarpone cheese
- 350g Strawberries
- 2 tbsp Strawberry jam
- 50g White chocolate
Recipe Reviews
Beautiful easy to make cheesecake. A favourite with the family. Made it loads of times. Always looks very professional.
Lovely easy to make cheesecake. Use only English strawberries for this recipe. Love it made it loads of times. A real crowd pleaser.
easy recipe to follow, made several times and everyone loves it. not to sweet, great texture
good recipe tried to do for my cooking assessment in year 11 and worked out well
Love it. It is so tasty but you need to use English strawberries when in season. It just doesn’t taste as good with foreign strawberries.
Hi
I looove cheesecake, but I do not eat meat and thereby not gelatine. How can I make this without the gelatine?
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Hi Eva,
You can buy vegetarian 'gelatine' from most major supermarkets down the baking aisle.
We hope that helps.
Happy Baking
The Baking Mad Team
Ingredients
For the base
- 100g Nuts (mixed, chopped)
- 85g Butter (unsalted) (melted)
For the topping
- 150ml Double cream
- 250g White chocolate
- 3 Gelatine leaves (sheets)
- 300g Cream cheese (full fat)
- 250g Mascarpone cheese
- 350g Strawberries
- 2 tbsp Strawberry jam
- 50g White chocolate